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Examples of germ cell in a Sentence
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Almost every major successful multicellular life form reproduces with germ cells.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
The results didn’t raise as big of a concern for gene therapy because the AAV vector showed a very low probability of integrating in germ cells.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
The dissertation examined how germ cells behaved in one animal.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
During normal chicken development, the primordial germ cells migrate through the circulatory system and reside in the developing gonad.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2023
But as the quality of the germ cells declines, there is no evolutionary reason to keep extending life span further; from evolution’s perspective, life exists to reproduce itself.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
Evolution in animals is largely driven by mutations in the DNA of germ cells – the sperm and egg that fuse to form an embryo.
—Monika Joshi, The Conversation, 1 May 2023
If the embryo is male, each primordial germ cell divides to produce two cells called spermatogonia.
—K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2016
From there, the team converted the XX cells into primordial germ cells, the precursors of eggs and sperm, that were subsequently programmed with the signals to turn them into egg cells.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above
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“Germ cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/germ%20cell. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
germ cell
noun
: an egg or sperm cell or one of the cells from which they arise
Medical Definition
germ cell
noun
: an egg or sperm cell or one of their antecedent cells
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